Table-knife for green corn



(No Model.)

J. F. WYNKOOP.

TABLE KNIFE POR GREEN CORN.

No. 399,109. Patented Mar. 5. 1889.

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UNITED STATES JEHIEL F. VYNKOOP, OF BROOKLYN, NEWv YORK, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO ALONZO I. VILCOK. OF BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

TABLE-KNIFE FOR GREEN CORN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,109, dated March 5,1889.

Application filed July 3, 1888. Serial No. 2781972. (No model.)

To all whom it 11i/ay concern:

Be it known that I, JEHIEL F. WYNKOOP, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Table-Knivesfor Green Corn, of which the following is a speciication.

The invention relates to improvements in [o tableknives for green corn;and it consists in an implement of novel construction, as hereinafter'fully described, whereby the corn may be quickly and withoutinconvenience removed from the cob without danger of the r 5 latterslipping and with but slight effort on y the part of the person usingthe knife.

The construction of my improved knife is such that the rows of corn maybe removed by a longitudinal movement of the imple 2o ment, one, two, ormore rows being removed during cach movement of the knife along thelength of the ooh.

The knife which is the subject of this appl ication is adapted for useat the table and may be used as convenientlyas any other article oftable-ware.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l a top plan view of aknife embodying the elements of my invention, illus- 3o trated inconnection with the representation of au ear of corn; Fig. 2, an edgeview of same; Fig. 2l, a. front view of the blade of the knife; Fig. 1,a transverse section on the dotted line X of Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a likesection on the dotted line Y Y of Fig. Q Fig. (i, a like section on thedotted line Z Z of Fig. 2, and 7' a top plan view of a modified form ofthe knife.

In the drawings, A designates the handle 4o of the knife, l) thefinger-rest, and .C the The handle A will. be of any suital'ileconfiguration adapting it for use at i body or blade.

the Table, and will [,n'eferably he ornamental,

in order to render the implement attractive and suitable for the purposefor which it is intended. The handle A, adjacent to the body C, isprovided: with a inger-rest, li, formed in the metal of which theimplement is constructed, the purpose of the rest being to fa cilitatethe cutting of the corn from the cob 5o and to render the implementconvenient and easy to handle. The body Gis conca-ve on its undersurface, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2 and full lines in Figs.3 and el, for the purpose of enabling it to closely iit around the cobduring the operation of removing the corn therefrom. The front extremityof the body C is fashioned into tines o b and the cutting-edge d, thelatterbeing along the front edge of the body C between the said tines,6o which also will be sharpened on their edges, (lettered e f,respcctively,) the cutting-edgef meeting and forming a continuation ofthe cutting-edge d, above referred to. The. upper surface of the body C,between the cuttingedge d and the iin ger-rest B, is beveled on oppositesides, leaving a ridge, i, which will have the effect of causing thecorn as itis cut from the cob to fall downward on each side of the bodyC instead of possibly riding 7o up the same and soiling the hand. TheeX- treme points of the tines o l) will be slightly rounded, asillustrated in Fig. 3, for the purpose of avoiding any liability of saidpoints entering the cob and rendering thereby the use of the implementtroublesome or inconvenient.

The modiiicd form ot' the knife illustrated in Fig. 7 is different fromtheknife illustrated in Fig. l in that it is provided with an ad- 8oditional tine, lm., sharpened on opposite edges g and adapting theimplement to remove a greater number of rows of corn than would bepossible or couvenienthy the use of the knife illustrated in Fig. l.

rlhe width of the body C will control the number of rows of corn thatmay be removed by one longitudinal operation of the knife, and it isintended that the points of the fines will pass between the rows ofcorn. 9o

ll'hail claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent isl. The table-knife for green corn, consisting of the handle A andil1elj)ody(`li,the body being concave on its under side and having :itits end the forwardly-extending tines a b andthe continuous cuttingcdgesd j', substantially as shown and described.

2. The table-knife for green Corn, consist- Signed at New York, in Jchecounty of New ing of the handle A and body C, Jhe latter f York andState of New York, this 30th dey having the concave under surface andoppoof June, A. D. 1888. sitely-beveled upper surface, and having also.TEHIEL F. VYNKOOP.

5 at its end the forwardly-extending cines a ZJ 1 Vtnesses: andcutting-edges d e f, substantially as shown t CHAS. C. GILL, anddescribed. i V. A. C. MATTHIE.

